David O. McKay was a U.S. religious leader, the ninth president (1951–70) of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons). He served as a missionary in Scotland (1897–99) and then returned to Utah to become instructor and principal (1899–1908) of the Weber State Academy, now Weber

David O. McKay was a U.S. religious leader, the ninth president (1951–70) of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons). He served as a missionary in Scotland (1897–99) and then returned to Utah to become instructor and principal (1899–1908) of the Weber State Academy, now Weber

David S. McKay was an American astrobiologist and geologist best known for claiming to have found evidence of microscopic life on a Martian meteorite. McKay was raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the son of an accountant for an oil company. He received a bachelor’s degree (1958) in geology from Rice

David S. McKay was an American astrobiologist and geologist best known for claiming to have found evidence of microscopic life on a Martian meteorite. McKay was raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the son of an accountant for an oil company. He received a bachelor’s degree (1958) in geology from Rice

Donald McKay was a Canadian-born naval architect and builder of the largest and fastest of the clipper ships. After emigrating to New York City in 1827, he worked as an apprentice to the ship carpenter Isaac Webb. In 1845 he established a shipyard at East Boston, Mass.; there he designed and built

dentistry: Advances in dentistry in the 20th century: Frederick McKay, a young American dentist practicing in Colorado, observed a condition of mottling of his patients’ teeth, in which there was an almost total absence of decay. Following years of research, McKay and others were able to show that this was due to the…

squash rackets: History: …American and Australian titles; and Heather McKay (née Blundell), the Australian who won the British women’s championship from 1961–62 to 1976–77, as well as other championships.

Munich massacre: Massacre at Fürstenfeldbruck: …surrounded the airfield, and sportscaster Jim McKay, who was anchoring Olympic coverage for the U.S. network ABC, provided television viewers with preliminary updates. At midnight, a German official announced that all the hostages had been freed and all the terrorists had been killed, a report that proved to be tragically…

Washington, D.C.: Music: …notably through the contributions of Ian McKaye, first as a member of Minor Threat and later as the driving force behind both the band Fugazi and Dischord Records. Still another D.C. native who began his career in Washington but established himself elsewhere was Henry Rollins, vocalist for the seminal hardcore…

McKean, county, northern Pennsylvania, U.S., bounded to the north by New York state. It consists of a mountainous region on the Allegheny Plateau that is drained largely by the Allegheny River and such tributaries as Kinzua, Marvin, Potato, and Allegheny Portage creeks. Parklands include Kinzua

Phoenix Islands: Rawaki (Phoenix), Manra (Sydney), McKean, Nikumaroro (Gardner), Birnie, Orona (Hull), Kanton (Canton), and Enderbury atolls. They have a total land area of approximately 11 square miles (29 square km). All are low, sandy atolls that were discovered in the 19th century by American whaling ships.

Neil Gaiman: Background and Black Orchid: …time that he met artist Dave McKean, and the two collaborated on the graphic novel Violent Cases (1987). The work established them as rising stars in the comic world, and soon the two were noticed by publishers on both sides of the Atlantic. They submitted story and art treatments to…

This Is Spinal Tap: …the core cast members—American actors Michael McKean and Harry Shearer and British-American actor and director Christopher Guest. Its success led to a series of documentary parodies directed by Guest, including Waiting for Guffman (1996), Best in Show (2000), A Mighty Wind (2003), and

McKeesport, city, Allegheny county, southwestern Pennsylvania, U.S. It is situated at the junction of the Monongahela and Youghiogheny rivers, 14 miles (23 km) southeast of Pittsburgh. First settled about 1769 by David McKee, a ferry operator, the town was laid out in 1795 by his son John. In 1794

Danica McKellar is an American actress, mathematician, and author who first garnered attention for her role on the television series The Wonder Years (1988–93) and later promoted math education, especially for girls. From about age seven McKellar lived in Los Angeles, where she studied at the Diane

Sarah Polley: …Planet of Junior Brown (1997), Don McKellar’s Last Night (1998), and David Cronenberg’s eXistenZ (1999). She seemed poised for stardom in the United States after her work in Doug Liman’s Go (1999) and Audrey Wells’s Guinevere (1999) earned her rave reviews and major industry buzz. Yet she eschewed mainstream fame…

Ian McKellen is a British actor of great versatility, noted for his work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and for his eclectic filmography. McKellen attended St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge, where as a student actor he was often directed by John Barton, later of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Ian McKellen is a British actor of great versatility, noted for his work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and for his eclectic filmography. McKellen attended St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge, where as a student actor he was often directed by John Barton, later of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Joseph McKenna was a U.S. Supreme Court justice from 1898 to 1925. McKenna grew up in California and was admitted to the state bar in 1865. A Republican, he served as Solano county district attorney (1866–70) and in the California state legislature (1875–76). Despite the prevailing anti-Roman

Kathryn McLay: Walmart International and leadership style: In 2023, McLay succeeded Judith McKenna as president and CEO of Walmart International. She has since led a workforce of roughly 500,000 employees and oversees operations from Mexico to India and from China to the United Kingdom. Known for her direct, collaborative approach, McLay has said that effective leadership…

Reginald McKenna was a British statesman who, as first lord of the Admiralty, initiated in 1909 a battleship construction program that gave Great Britain a considerable advantage over Germany in capital-ship strength at the beginning of World War I. In 1905, after serving for 10 years in the House

Siobhan McKenna was a versatile Irish actress best known for her portrayals of such impassioned characters as Shaw’s Saint Joan and Pegeen Mike, the lusty innkeeper in John Millington Synge’s most famous play, The Playboy of the Western World. A member of an amateur Gaelic theatre group, McKenna

The O.C.: Ryan Atwood (played by Ben McKenzie) came from a dysfunctional, low-income family in Chino, California. When his mother kicked him out of the house, Ryan was taken in by Sandy and Kirsten Cohen (Peter Gallagher and Kelly Rowan, respectively), a wealthy couple with impressive careers and a teenage son,…

plate tectonics: Determination of plate thickness: …but along very similar lines, Dan P. McKenzie and Robert L. Parker of Britain and W. Jason Morgan of the United States resolved these issues. McKenzie and Parker showed with a geometric analysis that, if the moving slabs of crust were thick enough to be regarded as rigid and thus…

Robert McKenzie was a Canadian-born British political scientist and television commentator on electoral politics. In the latter role, McKenzie popularized to the British public the word psephology (the study of votes) and the idea of “swing” votes, using a device he called a “swingometer” to show

Sir John McKenzie was a New Zealand statesman who, as minister of lands (1891–1900), sponsored legislation that provided land and credit to small farmers and helped to break up large estates. McKenzie’s deep antagonism toward land monopolists was rooted in his boyhood in Scotland, where he

Susan L. Lindquist was an American molecular biologist who made key discoveries concerning protein folding and who was among the first to discover that in yeast, inherited traits can be passed to offspring via misfolded proteins known as prions. Lindquist received a bachelor’s degree (1971) in

Taika Waititi: Jojo Rabbit and Reservation Dogs: …befriends a Jewish girl (Thomasin McKenzie) whom his mother (Scarlett Johansson) has hidden in the attic. The dark comedy was nominated for the Academy Award for best picture, and Waititi won the Oscar for best adapted screenplay. In addition, he directed the last episode of the first season of…

African Methodist Episcopal Church: …elected its first female bishop, Vashti Murphy McKenzie, in 2000. The AME Church is Methodist in church government, and it holds a general conference every four years. In 2012 the AME Church entered into full communion with the United Methodist Church and several other predominantly African American churches, including the…

Emma McKeon is the most successful Australian athlete in Olympic history, the winner of 12 medals. At the 2020 Games in Tokyo—which were postponed until 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic—she made history by becoming the first female swimmer and the first Australian to win seven medals at a

Emma McKeon is the most successful Australian athlete in Olympic history, the winner of 12 medals. At the 2020 Games in Tokyo—which were postponed until 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic—she made history by becoming the first female swimmer and the first Australian to win seven medals at a

Simon McKeon is an Australian philanthropist and investment banker who was named Australian of the Year in 2011 in recognition of his involvement in a variety of charitable organizations. McKeon studied at the University of Melbourne, where he earned bachelor’s degrees in commerce (1976) and law

Betty Williams: …who, with Máiread Maguire and Ciaran McKeown, founded the Peace People, a grassroots movement dedicated to ending the sectarian strife in Northern Ireland. For her work, Williams shared with Maguire the 1976 Nobel Prize for Peace.

27 Club: Ron (Pigpen) McKernan: In 1964 three friends in Palo Alto, California—guitarists and vocalists Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir and keyboard player Ron (“Pigpen”) McKernan—formed a jug band called Mother McCree’s Uptown Jug Champions. By late 1965 they’d brought in bassist Phil Lesh and drummer Bill…

Humility—How to Save the Planet: …to take on the challenges of our time.

Charles Follen McKim was an American architect who was of primary importance in the American Neoclassical revival. McKim was educated at Harvard University and at the École des Beaux-Arts (“School of Fine Arts”) in Paris. He was trained as a draftsman by the architect Henry Hobson Richardson while

Baths of Caracalla: …20th century the architectural firm McKim, Mead & White incorporated elements from the baths—especially from the ceilings—into their design of the first Pennsylvania Station in New York City (built 1910, demolished 1964).

Ruby McKim was one of the 20th century’s most innovative American quilt designers. Educated at the New York School of Fine and Applied Arts (now Parsons School of Design) in New York City, she later taught art classes for the Kansas City school system. Her first published quilt pattern, for the

Bugs Bunny: Robert McKimson drew the model sheet for the character, Freleng developed Bugs’s personality, Avery and Jones made further refinements, and Blanc infused him with his familiar wisecracking Brooklynese delivery. Embryonic versions of the character appeared in Warner cartoons as early as 1938, but not until…

Grover Cleveland: Winning a second term: …administration enacted the very high McKinley Tariff in 1890 and made the surplus in the treasury vanish in a massive spending spree, the path to a Democratic victory in 1892 seemed clear. Cleveland won his party’s nomination for the third consecutive time and then soundly defeated Harrison and Populist Party…

Ida McKinley was the American first lady (1897–1901), the wife of William McKinley, 25th president of the United States. Ida Saxton was the middle child of James A. Saxton, a wealthy banker and businessman, and Catherine Dewalt Saxton. After attending local public schools, she enrolled at several

John McKinley was an American politician and associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1837–52). After practicing law briefly in Kentucky, where he grew up, McKinley settled in Huntsville, Alabama, then a center of planting and political interests, in 1818. In 1820 he was elected to the

William McKinley was the 25th president of the United States (1897–1901). Under McKinley’s leadership, the United States went to war against Spain in 1898 and thereby acquired a global empire, which included Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. McKinley was the son of William McKinley, a manager

McKinney, city, seat (1848) of Collin county, northeastern Texas, U.S., near the East Fork of the Trinity River. Platted in 1848, it was named for Collin McKinney, one of the signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence, whose home, formerly 17 miles (27 km) north, was moved in 1936 to Finch

Cynthia McKinney is an American politician who was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1993–2003, 2005–2007) and was the Green Party nominee for the 2008 U.S. presidential election. For coverage of the 2008 election, see United States Presidential Election of 2008. McKinney

Cynthia McKinney is an American politician who was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1993–2003, 2005–2007) and was the Green Party nominee for the 2008 U.S. presidential election. For coverage of the 2008 election, see United States Presidential Election of 2008. McKinney

jazz: Other notables of the 1920s: Both Ellington and Henderson considered McKinney’s Cotton Pickers, a Detroit-based band, their only serious rival. The distinctiveness of the Cotton Pickers’ work during the band’s heyday is attributable primarily to the remarkable leadership and the composing and arranging talents of John Nesbitt, whose work was mistakenly credited to Don Redman…

homelessness: Helping the homeless: …to address homelessness was the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 1987. It provided basic services for the homeless, with an emphasis on emergency services. From the early 2000s the government focused on finding transitional or permanent housing for the homeless. It also funded programs aimed at preventing homelessness among youth.…

Kate McKinnon is an American actress and comedian known for her off-the-wall character work and spot-on impressions. She is best known for her time on the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL; 1975– ), which she appeared on for a decade. Kathryn McKinnon Berthold was born and raised in Sea

McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm known for its prestige, high-profile clientele, and controversies. The firm is generally considered one of the top consulting firms internationally and employed about 45,000 workers in more than 65 countries in 2023. McKinsey is

McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm known for its prestige, high-profile clientele, and controversies. The firm is generally considered one of the top consulting firms internationally and employed about 45,000 workers in more than 65 countries in 2023. McKinsey is

Temblor Range: …3,500 feet (1,100 metres), with McKittrick Summit (4,332 feet [1,320 metres]) the highest. Oil fields lie to the east of the range, and to the west is Los Padres National Forest. Temblor Range lies adjacent to the San Andreas Fault. Early Spanish explorers are believed to have experienced an earthquake…

Detroit Free Press: Founded by Sheldon McKnight, The Democratic Free Press and Michigan Intelligencer was first published in 1831 when Detroit was a small frontier town. The first daily newspaper in Michigan, the Free Press championed statehood for the then territory and was one of the first American newspapers to…

Victor McKusick was an American physician and genome researcher who pioneered the field of medical genetics. McKusick was raised on a dairy farm in Maine. He attended Tufts University (1940–43) in Medford, Mass., before transferring to Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (M.D., 1946) in

Victor McKusick was an American physician and genome researcher who pioneered the field of medical genetics. McKusick was raised on a dairy farm in Maine. He attended Tufts University (1940–43) in Medford, Mass., before transferring to Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (M.D., 1946) in

Alexander McLachlan was a Scottish-born poet, called by some the Burns of Canada for his Scots dialect poetry, much of which deals with the homesickness of Scots immigrants. McLachlan was the foremost among a number of such Scottish bards, whose themes of nostalgia for Scotland appear to be

Sarah McLachlan is a Canadian singer and songwriter known for her introspective music. She cofounded (1997) and headlined Lilith Fair, a groundbreaking concert tour featuring female performers almost exclusively. McLachlan received classical training in guitar, piano, and voice. Rebelling against a

Beverley McLachlin is a Canadian jurist who was the 17th chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (2000–17) and the first woman to hold the post. She had joined the court in 1989. McLachlin, who was raised on a farm in Alberta, studied at the University of Alberta, from which she earned a B.A.

Rod Stewart: Career with the Jeff Beck Group and the Faces: the band—also comprising Ronnie Lane, Ian McLagan, and Kenney Jones—played bluesy rock that appealed to Stewart’s long-standing interest in R&B. During the early 1970s the raucous Faces were among Britain’s most popular live performers, and their album A Nod’s as Good as a Wink…to a Blind Horse (1971) remains highly…

Gunga Din: …by Cary Grant), MacChesney (Victor McLaglen), and Ballantine (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.)—in 19th-century colonial India. The sergeants are sent on an important mission to investigate an outpost that has had its telegraph lines cut. Among their group is an Indian water carrier named Gunga Din (Sam Jaffe), who dreams of…

Detroit Tigers: …Tigers team that featured pitchers Denny McLain (winner of the Cy Young Award and 31 games, the highest single-season win total in baseball since 1931) and Mickey Lolich, along with Kaline and sluggers Norm Cash and Willie Horton, won 103 games and ran away with the AL pennant before beating…

The Rise of Andrew Jackson: The Bank Veto: …new secretary of the treasury, Louis McLane, who was positively disposed to the BUS, as was the new secretary of state, Edward Livingston. McLane even took the lead in trying to satisfy Jackson’s objections to the BUS with a compromise he worked out with Nicholas Biddle. Apprehensive that the bank’s…

Bruce McLaren was a New Zealand-born automobile racing driver, the youngest to win an international Grand Prix contest for Formula I cars (the U.S. race in 1959, when he was 22), also noted as a designer of racing vehicles. From 1959 to 1965 McLaren drove for Charles Cooper, a British racing car

Dame Anne McLaren was an English geneticist who pioneered fundamental advances in mammalian genetics and embryology that contributed to a greater understanding of reproductive biology and paved the way for advances in in vitro fertilization and other fertility treatments. McLaren was raised in

Dame Anne McLaren was an English geneticist who pioneered fundamental advances in mammalian genetics and embryology that contributed to a greater understanding of reproductive biology and paved the way for advances in in vitro fertilization and other fertility treatments. McLaren was raised in

Dan Rice was an American clown who was one of the most highly acclaimed clowns in the history of the circus. Rice was renowned for an act that included singing, dancing, witty banter with the audience, feats of strength, trick riding, and exhibitions of trained wild animals. He was a jockey as a

Australian literature: Nationalism and expansion: Jack McLaren in My Crowded Solitude (1926) was another who encountered timelessness for a time. And C.E.W. Bean found the same slow rhythms of experience out on the great Western plains (On the Wool Track [1910]) and down the Darling River (The Dreadnought of the…

Malcolm McLaren was a British rock impresario and musician who, as the colourfully provocative manager of the punk band the Sex Pistols, helped birth punk culture. McLaren attended a number of art schools in England, where he was drawn to the subversive Marxist-rooted philosophy of the Situationist

Malcolm McLaren was a British rock impresario and musician who, as the colourfully provocative manager of the punk band the Sex Pistols, helped birth punk culture. McLaren attended a number of art schools in England, where he was drawn to the subversive Marxist-rooted philosophy of the Situationist

animation: Animation in Europe: …on the Scottish design student Norman McLaren, who began experimenting with cameraless films—with designs drawn directly on celluloid—as early as 1933 (Seven Till Five). A restless and brilliant researcher, he went to work for John Grierson at the celebrated General Post Office (GPO) Film Unit in London and followed Grierson…

Niki Lauda: …in F1 history from the McLaren team. After finishing 1982 and 1983 in 5th and 10th place, respectively, he tallied five wins in 1984 to win his third career world championship by a half-point margin. He retired from the sport for good after a 10th-place finish in 1985. After his…

Barney Ross: Boxing career: …by decision over Irish-born Canadian Jimmy McLarnin in 15 rounds on May 28, 1934, but he lost the title back to McLarnin in a 15-round decision on September 17, 1934. Following three more successful defenses of his junior welterweight title, Ross relinquished it in order to fight McLarnin again for…

Charles Macklin was an Irish actor and playwright whose distinguished though turbulent career spanned most of the 18th century. Macklin first appeared as an actor at Bristol and in 1725 went to Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London. A man of violent nature, he was a pioneer against the stilted declamation

flag of the United Nations: …design on the button, by Donal McLaughlin, showed a view of the Earth based on a projection centred on the North Pole. This indicated the worldwide scope of the new organization, while the olive branches surrounding the design suggested peace. On October 15, 1946, during the first session of the…

Chicago Blackhawks: Founding and early Stanley Cup wins: …in 1926 by Chicago-based businessman Frederic McLaughlin, who was awarded one of the first U.S. expansion franchises by the NHL and subsequently purchased the defunct Portland Rosebuds of the Western Hockey League to form the nucleus of his team. In 1929 the team moved into Chicago Stadium, which was then…

Wounded Knee Massacre: Context: Major James McLaughlin, the reservation’s agent, resolved to arrest Sitting Bull for his role in permitting the spread of the religion. Major General Nelson A. Miles commanded U.S. Army forces on the Lakota lands and hoped to take a peaceful approach to removing the Hunkpapa leader…

John McLaughlin is an English-born guitar virtuoso and bandleader whose extremely loud, highly energetic, eclectic soloing made him one of the most popular and influential jazz-rock musicians. McLaughlin began his career playing blues and rock in London in the early 1960s and went on to play free

Sara Agnes McLaughlin Conboy was a labour leader, one of the first women to achieve a position of influence in the highest levels of American organized labour. Sara McLaughlin went to work in a candy factory at age 11. Over the next several years she worked in a button factory and then in various

McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously (9–0), on June 5, 1950, that racial segregation within the facilities and institutions of colleges and universities is inconsistent with the equal protection clause of the

McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education: Facts of the case: … began to take shape when George W. McLaurin, an African American student with a master’s degree, applied for admission to the University of Oklahoma in pursuit of a doctorate in education but was denied entry solely because of his race. At the time, an Oklahoma law made it a misdemeanor…

Francisco J. Ayala: …as an expert witness in McLean v. Arkansas Board of Education (1981), which overturned a state law that required the teaching of creationism alongside evolution in science classes. In 1984 and again in 1999, he was the principal author of Science and Creationism: A View from the National Academy of…

Alice Throckmorton McLean was a social service organizer who established and oversaw a large and highly successful organization that provided material aid, assistance, and information to both the American armed forces and civilians during World War II. McLean traveled widely as a child, mastered

Stuart McLean was a Canadian radio humorist who created and hosted the long-running weekly radio variety show The Vinyl Cafe, heard from the mid-1990s on the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. (CBC) radio network as well as on public radio stations in the United States and on the BBC. McLean graduated in

Don McLean is an American singer-songwriter who achieved international fame with his 1971 song “American Pie,” an epic and often inscrutable chronicle of a slice of American life in the middle of the 20th century. McLean has released more than 20 albums since his debut in 1970. McLean was born in

New Zealand: Ethnic conflict: …the Native Land Purchase Department, Donald (later Sir Donald) McLean, who, responsive to settler demands, increased pressure on potential sellers. Grey’s caution and his recognition that a chief could veto sales proposed by any section of his tribe were forgotten. McLean sowed a rich harvest of distrust. Christopher Richmond, the…

The Washington Post: Early history: …society reporting, and in 1916 McLean’s son took over the paper. In the 1920s the paper lost stature, in part because its owner, Edward B. (Ned) McLean, was a close friend of Pres. Warren G. Harding, whose policies were generally believed to be too much reflected in The Post. Ned…

Jackie McLean was an American jazz musician noted for the emotional intensity of his alto saxophone improvising. From a musical family, McLean became known as a fine altoist in his teens and first recorded in 1951, with Miles Davis, playing “Dig” (also called “Donna”), a McLean theme song that

John McLean was a cabinet member and U.S. Supreme Court justice (1829–61) whose most famous opinion was his dissent in the Dred Scott decision (1857). He was also perhaps the most indefatigable seeker of the presidency in U.S. history; although he was never nominated, he made himself “available” in

Jackie McLean was an American jazz musician noted for the emotional intensity of his alto saxophone improvising. From a musical family, McLean became known as a fine altoist in his teens and first recorded in 1951, with Miles Davis, playing “Dig” (also called “Donna”), a McLean theme song that

New Zealand literature: Maori narrative: the oral tradition: …the words, and the scholars Mervyn McLean and Margaret Orbell were the first to publish text and music together. McLean and Orbell distinguished three kinds of waiata (songs): waiata tangi (laments—for the dead, but also for other kinds of loss or misfortune), waiata aroha (songs about the nature of love—not…

The Washington Post: Early history: …society reporting, and in 1916 McLean’s son took over the paper. In the 1920s the paper lost stature, in part because its owner, Edward B. (Ned) McLean, was a close friend of Pres. Warren G. Harding, whose policies were generally believed to be too much reflected in The Post. Ned…

Stuart McLean was a Canadian radio humorist who created and hosted the long-running weekly radio variety show The Vinyl Cafe, heard from the mid-1990s on the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. (CBC) radio network as well as on public radio stations in the United States and on the BBC. McLean graduated in

caricature and cartoon: Great Britain: …and other ventures, the publisher Thomas McLean issued hundreds of political caricatures during a great formative period of modern legislation; his artist, Robert Seymour, was in the Gillray line rather than the later one of John Doyle, who also worked for McLean. John Doyle’s son Richard became one of the…

The Bulletin: …after several changes of ownership, William L. McLean bought the Evening Bulletin and built it into Philadelphia’s largest newspaper. Sold by the McLean family in 1980, The Bulletin closed in January 1982 after a lengthy strike.

Battle of Appomattox Court House: Surrender and aftermath: …aide chose the home of Wilmer McLean, a retired Virginia militia officer. With McLean’s consent, Lee arrived at 1:00 pm. Grant is said to have arrived a half hour later. Under the terms of surrender, Grant would not charge any member of the Army of Northern Virginia with treason, instead…

Sally Pearson is a retired track athlete and Olympian considered to be one of the most successful Australian hurdlers of all time. Pearson won a gold medal in the 100-meter hurdles at the London 2012 Olympic Games, and she was also the world champion in the event in 2011 and 2017. In 2014 she was

Gordon McLendon and KLIF: Gordon McLendon, the Texas broadcaster who is credited (along with Todd Storz and Bill Stewart) with the creation of Top 40 radio, owned KLIF in Dallas, Texas. In 1953 he switched from live music and magazine-style programming to records and disc jockeys. By then an…

John Ferguson McLennan was a Scottish lawyer and ethnologist whose ideas on cultural evolution, kinship, and the origins of religion stimulated anthropological research. McLennan was admitted to the bar in 1857, and he became a parliamentary draftsman for Scotland in 1871. His interest in survivals

vacuum technology: McLeod gauge: The McLeod gauge takes advantage of Boyle’s law (the product of pressure and volume for a given quantity of gas remains constant if a constant temperature is maintained) to determine gas pressure within a range of 10 to 10-6 torr. Raising the mercury…

blood group: Blood groups and disease: The McLeod phenotype (weak Kell antigens and no Kx antigen) is associated with acanthocytosis (a condition in which red cells have thorny projections) and a compensated hemolytic anemia. There is evidence that Duffy-negative human red cells are resistant to infection by Plasmodium knowlesi, a simian malaria…